{"nrhp_refnum":"84003593","name":"Hockman, Dr. Christian, House","other_names":["Chequers"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 11","address_restricted":false,"city":"Edinburg","county":"Shenandoah County","state":"VA","lat":38.82917989900005,"lon":-78.55087070699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-02-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italian Villa style house with a central three-story tower, on 6.6 acres along Route 11 (the old Valley Turnpike) one mile north of Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It was built 1868-1870 for Dr. Christian Hockman, a dentist.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare, somewhat late example of the Italian Villa style in the Shenandoah Valley, reflecting the picturesque ideas of A. J. Downing and Alexander Jackson Davis. Its wood brackets, window caps and veranda parts were mass-manufactured catalogue components shipped by rail, illustrating a shift in building techniques. Its siting toward river and mountain views applies picturesque principles.","narrative":"Built between 1868 and 1870 for Dr. Christian Hockman, a dentist, this two-story painted brick house sits on a slight knoll one mile north of Edinburg, Virginia, facing the old Valley Turnpike and backed by a steep drop to the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. It follows the Italian Villa style, with a cubic form, a square three-story center tower, quoins, wide bracketed cornices and an ornate front veranda. Much of the wood trim was factory-made and sold through catalogues, and the railroad, reopened to Edinburg in 1868, made such parts available in rural towns. The house was planned so its central hall points toward the mountain view, reflecting the picturesque ideas of A. J. Downing. The builder is unknown, though a Harrisonburg builder named Hockman may have been involved. A three-story brick addition was made in 1956 when the property served a school's overflow students. The interior keeps its original central-passage plan.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific dates 1868-1870)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italian Villa","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; work in progress noted. It has a 1956 rear addition, and the original barns and sheds were demolished by a previous owner.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.552312-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/6835/41683591/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/84003593.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003593/80ac137a95-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003593/80ac137a95-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kevin M. Byrne","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._Christian_Hockman_House,_Edinburg,_VA_as_seen_from_Rte_11.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin M. Byrne</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._Christian_Hockman_House,_Edinburg,_VA_as_seen_from_Rte_11.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683591","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Christian_Hockman_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15214991"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/shenandoah-county/hockman-dr-christian-house-84003593/"}